17. But if the ruler gives some of his land to one of his servants, the land will belong to the servant until the Year of Celebration, when it will be returned to the ruler. Only the ruler's children can keep what is given to them.
18. The ruler must never abuse my people by taking land from them. Any land he gives his children must already belong to him.
19. The man who was showing me the temple then took me back to the inner courtyard. We walked to the south side of the courtyard and stopped at the door to the sacred rooms that belonged to the priests. He showed me more rooms at the western edge of the courtyard
20. and said, “These are the kitchens where the priests must boil the meat to be offered as sacrifices to make things right and as sacrifices for sin. They will also bake the grain for sacrifices in these kitchens. That way, these sacred offerings won't have to be carried through the outer courtyard, where someone could accidentally touch them and be harmed.”
21. We went back to the outer courtyard and walked past the four corners.
22. At each corner I saw a smaller courtyard, twenty metres long and fifteen metres wide.
23. Around the inside of these smaller courtyards was a low wall of stones, and against the wall were places to build fires.
24. The man said, “These are the kitchens where the temple workers will boil the meat that worshippers offer as sacrifices.”